Height 175 cm
Diameter at base 47 cm
Height including base 250 cm
Square at base 60 cm

PROVENANCE
Crowthers of Sion Lodge

Fortune is seen here echoing the pose of Mercury and has been recorded, although in a different model of the subject, by Giambologna as a companion piece.

The attributes of Fortune a varied; here we have the abundant cornucopia with coins and pearls flowing forth – the pearls seen again in the braiding of her hair, however, to Horace, Fortune was a mistress of the sea, here alluded to with the billowing garment or (small) sail pointing to the winds inconsistency. The sea is further alluded to around the base of the wheel (of fortune), so described as “that which raises the fallen and abases the proud”. Not here but sometimes the wheel is inscribed Regnabo, Regno, Regnavi, Sum sine Regno – I shall Reign, I Reign, I have Reigned, I am without Sovereignty…